It's spring!

We're all VERY happy to have spring weather in our midst! We've been having a ton of fun outside enjoying the sunshine and warmth. The kids adore being outside. Nia loves it just as much as the older two. She goes to the door and says something like, "side! side!" If she has to stay behind when anyone goes out, she throws a big fit. She has become quite taken with the birds, and signs and says "bird" and tries to make a whistle! It's the cutest thing ever. I sign it and say it and then whistle a bird noise, and she copies. She gets her lips pursed and gets the air going, but no whistling yet. :) D hung a bird feeder where she can see them coming and going. D put a new door on the "tree house" (which is really a playhouse attached to the swing set) to keep the birds out. They've been building nests in there and leaving quite the bird mess. So, the little house now has screened windows and a cool door. It looks cute and the kids love having a door to open and close. Another perk this season is being able to have Nia in the little bike seat---we can all go on a family bike rides now! She loves it, too. She giggles and grins and waves the whole ride. It's really precious.

P has started horse back riding lessons. Boy, is she in her element! She's two weeks in and hooked. It's really neat to watch. It seems that this is really a niche for her. She is picking up on things quickly and is very comfortable around the horses. She was riding a very large horse both weeks, and she didn't bat an eye. In fact, she jumped right off the horse herself with no help. Just swung her leg over and dropped down (a big drop!) on her own with no stool. We are very proud of her and excited to see how much this fits her.

K is movin' and groovin' these days. His passion is still tractors; especially John Deeres. He loves to be outside working on stuff with his Daddy. He also continues to crack us up with funny stories, comments and antics. A recent favorite was: "Grampy's mustache is weird. Next time I see him, I'm going to shave it off!" ha ha! Grampy has decided to hide his razor for our next visit! ;)

D and I have been slowly chipping away at some projects around the house. There is a list a mile long waiting for us, but we're doing what we can little by little. The current project is the office in the basement. It is coming along, and I'm excited for it to be completed. It will offer much more organization and storage for paperwork and a scrapbooking area.

I'll post some photos of the latest happenings very soon. In the meantime, happy spring! :)